Improved oil-box for car-axles



J. F. SHARP.

Car-Axle-Box Cover. y No. 87,880. Patented March 16, 1869.

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,I ACOB F. SHARP, 'OF WILMINGTON,`DELAWARE. Letters Patent No. 87,880, dated .Ma/rch 16, 1889..

IMPROVED OIL-BQX FOR CAR-AXLES.

The Schedule referred to :ln these Let-ten Patent and making part of the uma.,

Toall whom it 'ma/y czmcern:

Be it known thatI, JACOB F. SHARP, of the city of `Wilmington, in the county of New Castle; and State of Delaware, have invented a new and useful Improvement on Oil-Box Lids, for oiling and packing journals of car-axles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction' and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this speciiication, in which- Figure 1 is a frontview, and Figure 2, a sectionA through the centre of the lid. A'is the slide. A b, the-springfor yholding it in place.

The nature of my invention consists in providingI l d make an opening in the centre of the lid, and in this set a slide, or gate, shown at a, with a spring, shown at b, for keeping it in place. v

When the journals of the car-.axle require packing or oiling, by applying an upward pressure, or force to expose the journals, ready br oiling or repacking, and this can be done in an instant, whereas, by the old in unscrewing two bolts, to free the lid, or plate.

I do not claim the lid, or box-plate; but

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A removable car-axle-box cover, having an opening therein, closed at pleasure by a vertically-sliding lid, with projecting handle at top, fastened, when closed, by a centrally-located spring, and having a stop to structed and arranged substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JACOB F. SHARP.

Witnesses:

HUMPHREY PYLE, LEWIS H. FoULK.

the spring b, the slide, or gate, is opened, so as to'fully.

method, awrench must be used, consuming .some timev prevent its entire withdrawal from the cover, all con 

